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A crowd cheers on the way into the Obama rally in St. Louis.
A crowd cheers on the way into the Obama rally in St. Louis.
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ST. LOUIS - Three days before the Missouri presidential primary, candidates from both parties are making a final push for Missouri's vote on Super Tuesday.

Presidential hopefuls have set their sights on the important Show-Me State.
 
Barack Obama spoke at the Edwards Jones Dome at around 9:45 p.m. Saturday bringing in a crowd of 20,000 people.
 
With Obama lagging in the polls to Sen. Clinton, supporters say he needs all the hype he can get. Some supporters traveled all the way from mid-Missouri.

"He's concerned about our vote, about our opinions, and so that's a good thing," Obama supporter Rosalind McCoy said. "You know, he's a real people person and I do like that."

"This is an opportune time for real change in Washington and I think he's the one who can really bring that about," another supporter Kellie Quinn said.

Hillary Clinton will make a stop Sunday outside of St. Louis in Bridgeton, where she will speak in front of the International Association of Machinists.
 
Mitt Romney will also be in the Gateway City Sunday. John McCain was around the South in Nashville, Birmingham, and Atlanta Saturday fresh off the heels of an endorsement from former Missouri Sen. John Danforth.
 
Here's a break down of the delegates so far leading up to Super Tuesday. The total number of GOP delegates a Republican candidate needs to the get the party nomination is 1,191. John McCain has 95 delegates, Mitt Romney has 67, Mike Huckabee has 26 and Ron Paul has six delegates.
 
A Democrat needs 2,025 delegates to get a nomination for the party. Barack Obama has 63, Hillary Clinton has 48 and Mike Gravel has none.
 
"We wanted to make sure we got a good view of Barack Obama," supporter Lisa Johnson said. I think he is really fresh, I think he's not skewed by Washington politics yet, and I think he's going to be a good thing for the country."
 
The GOP has 58 winner-take-all delegates up for grabs in Tuesday's primary. The democratic candidates are fighting over their share of 88 delegates.

Reported by: Ryan Luby
Posted by: Wale Aliyu
Edited by: Carly Henderson
Edited by: Ashton Goodell
Posted by: Ashton Goodell

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